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A site of original and unoriginal content meant to entertain and inform. Out of Sight is edited by JJ O'Donoghue and William Hilderbrandt.

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If this site had to be summed up in one word and a preceding parenthetical phrase, then it would be (hopefully) entertaining. Think of it as an archive of some of the most interesting articles, videos, photography, and miscellany that JJ and William find online.

Presently the two have hopes of expanding the site to include some of their own work, and when they do just watch the hilarity ensue.

In the meantime please leave comments on posts - whether you like or dislike - and make suggestions as to what you want to see more of. For some of you it's more tits and ass, for others you prefer men with beards, and for one of you (you know who I am talking about) it's all about jam.

one more thing on out of sight

Out of sight is Will and JJ's attempt to get noticed and invited on daytime TV or any Fox TV show. Before out of sight, there was rich and creamy, a hugely popular blog for spammers who wanted to sell us penis enhancing products. They were wasting their time.

But to stick to the augmentation analogy, out of sight at its best is a brain enhancing website. That's a radical statement guys.

What you'll find on the site is a ménage à trois of humour, skepticism, intelligence and titilation. We really enjoy comments and recommendations and we hope to build up a community of followers so that we then add a subscription wall and take on the Financial Times or Playboy. Or just get jobs with them.

who is this stud william?

William lives in Paris. At the start of 2009 he left London and all his friends and his bad job to come to France, where he hardly speaks the language, to be with his girlfriend. Officially he is very happy to finally be living with her but occasionally he does get nostalgic for London.

He grew up in the US - Oklahoma (please do not hum the musical!) - and studied philosophy before going to London for a Master's in journalism. His work has not been published by the best in the industry, such as The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The Economist, Mother Jones, McSweeney's, and many, many more.

Currently he is freelancing at radio and TV gigs, slowly acquiring technical skills he hopes he can eventually use to make documentary and feature films that one day will not be produced by some of the world's best film studios.

who is this wise guy jj?

Quite early on in life JJ discovered that he was a fabricator. In 2006 his mum and dad invited him to leave their home in Cork, Ireland and head for London, where he now resides, to shake up the city. He cycles hard, drinks hard and blogs harder. You get the picture.

Currently he's alive, and, like most people his age he's 29. He longs for the day Japan get's moved right next to Ireland, and that Cork wins the world series in hurling. More than anything else he want's a book deal. Failing that a decent sandwich with French mustard, mayonnaise and Ballymaloe relish in it.

4 August 09
You got to hand it to the Dutch. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson the Dutch consulate in New York has set up a bicycle rental scheme. Now the Dutch in their time have bore some crap; 2 Unlimted and the Venga Boys to name but two things we could have done with out, but lending bicycles to car-crazy Americans is brilliant. I know William is a bit ambivalent about the Velib bike rental scheme in Paris. Bicycles are routinely vandalised and not cycle-worthy. Since the scheme started two years ago 6,000 bikes had been replaced because of damage or theft, and that 8,000 had been stolen. However, I hope it continues inspite of the those who beat up on bicycles. They are probably the same types who don’t appreciate donkeys. [via NYTimes]

You got to hand it to the Dutch. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson the Dutch consulate in New York has set up a bicycle rental scheme. Now the Dutch in their time have bore some crap; 2 Unlimted and the Venga Boys to name but two things we could have done with out, but lending bicycles to car-crazy Americans is brilliant.

I know William is a bit ambivalent about the Velib bike rental scheme in Paris. Bicycles are routinely vandalised and not cycle-worthy. Since the scheme started two years ago 6,000 bikes had been replaced because of damage or theft, and that 8,000 had been stolen. However, I hope it continues inspite of the those who beat up on bicycles. They are probably the same types who don’t appreciate donkeys. [via NYTimes]

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10 June 09
The future of farming is… vertical, as imagined by Vincent Callebut Architects. Don’t know why we need to go up, when there’s plenty of land about. Nonetheless it’s interesting to look at. More pics of the ‘dragonfly farm’ over at designboom.

The future of farming is… vertical, as imagined by Vincent Callebut Architects. Don’t know why we need to go up, when there’s plenty of land about. Nonetheless it’s interesting to look at. More pics of the ‘dragonfly farm’ over at designboom.

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2 June 09
You’re never too old to be stylish, but no matter what the age, some people just try too hard. Coming straight out of the Sartorialist’s blog-school here comes a sartorial blog dedicated to older fashionistas, called Advanced Style, based, of course, in New York. Mostly visual yawn, apart from the peach above.

You’re never too old to be stylish, but no matter what the age, some people just try too hard. Coming straight out of the Sartorialist’s blog-school here comes a sartorial blog dedicated to older fashionistas, called Advanced Style, based, of course, in New York. Mostly visual yawn, apart from the peach above.

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6 April 09

I dig this video for its clever expression of what could otherwise be described as a pretty bland interview. The London’s are social anthropologists and film makers and they did a fairly bog standard interview with some people in New York. They kept the audio, but instead of showing the interviewees, they mapped the recordings on to, well, the street. Have a look.

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30 March 09
I have to say, I really dig Dulce Pinzón series on superheroes. Following 9/11, she says the media began to throw around the word hero so often, particularly for the rescue workers, that it made her wonder if there were other less glamorous heroes waiting to be discovered. Though it’s all a bit sappy for me, she chose Mexican immigrant workers in New York. Each photograph is of a real person do his or her job but dressed in shamelessly bad American and Mexican superheroes.

I have to say, I really dig Dulce Pinzón series on superheroes. Following 9/11, she says the media began to throw around the word hero so often, particularly for the rescue workers, that it made her wonder if there were other less glamorous heroes waiting to be discovered. Though it’s all a bit sappy for me, she chose Mexican immigrant workers in New York. Each photograph is of a real person do his or her job but dressed in shamelessly bad American and Mexican superheroes.

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Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh